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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Spurge

Spûrge, v. t.

verbtransitive

To emit foam; to froth;—said properly of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. [Obs.] Curtright.

Spûrge, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. espurge, N. Fr. ép ́urge, from O. Fr. espurger, expurger, Lat. expurgare, to purge. Cf. It. spurgo, a purge. See SPURGING, EXPURGE, and EXPURGATE.] (Bot.) A plant (the Euphorbia polygonifolia) having an acrid, milky juice. This name is applied to various species of Euphorbia, and by some to the whole genus, which is very numerous.